Miguel Jerez (Decartes) Batista

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 19, 1971 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
High School: Nueva Horizondes (San Pedro de Macoris, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1992 (Age 21)   vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER
Teams (by GP): Diamondbacks/Mariners/BlueJays/Expos/Nationals/... 1992-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 14.143, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Martin Arburua [*]
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• 1/22 MetsToday.com: Two Franciscos Lead Another Slew of Signings: While the Mets inked Pedro Feliciano to a minor-league deal, several other free agents signed both Major and minor league contracts....
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• 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Sign Miguel Batista: The Rockies have signed Miguel Batista to a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training, reports Enrique Rojas...
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• 9/3 Braves Journal: Braves 8, Phillies 7: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves – Box Score – September 2, 2012 Well, we’ve had a couple of eventful...
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• 8/30 Rising Apple: For Starters: Jenrry Mejia Should Remain One: During Spring Training in 2010, Jenrry Mejia flashed such dominant stuff that the Mets (foolishly) allowed him to open the year...
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• 8/25 Tomahawk Take: Sheets to DL, Batista Called Up: After struggling his last three starts, Ben Sheets has landed on the disabled list with shoulder inflammation.  Fredi Gonzalez...
• 8/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Ben Sheets placed on disabled list: The Atlanta Braves have placed SP Ben Sheets (shoulder) on the 15-day disabled list because of right shoulder inflammation. In...[+] a corresponding move, RP Miguel Batista has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett.
• 8/23 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 126: Loss to Rockies: Rockies 1 Mets 0 Is it possible that the Mets have not yet hit rock bottom? Mets Game Notes My oh my … where to start? In...
• 8/20 The Beanball: Mets Off-Season Mission: Trade Johan Santana: According to Adam Rubin, the New York Mets only plan to spend between $10 to $15 million this off-season, despite favorably settling...
• 8/13 StanGraphs: Aroldis Chapman, Relievers, and Cy Young Awards: Now I didn’t actually hear this because I had already turned the game off in complete disgust, but my brother assures me...
• 8/9 Up Along First: What Can Be Salvaged From This Year’s Bullpen?: The bullpen has been a major discussion virtually every day in Mets-world over the past few months. As a unit, they are clearly...

• 7/29 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 7/22/12 - 7/28/12: With the trade deadline less than 48 hours away, let's take a moment to catch up on the busy week that was here at MLBTR... The...
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Miguel Batista signsThe Atlanta Braves signed free-agent P Miguel Batista (Mets) to an undisclosed deal....[+] The Atlanta Braves signed free-agent P Miguel Batista (Mets) to an undisclosed deal.
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Braves | Miguel Batista going to Triple-A: Updating a previous report, Atlanta Braves P Miguel Batista has signed a minor league deal and will report to Triple-A Gwinnett....[+]
• 7/27 MLBTradeRumors: Braves To Sign Miguel Batista: The Braves have agreed to sign Miguel Batista, David Lennon of Newsday reports (on Twitter). The Mets released the 41-year-old...
• 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Release Miguel Batista: The Mets have released Miguel Batista, Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com reports. They had designated the 41-year-old right-hander...
• 7/26 Full Spectrum Baseball: Welcome to the bigs, kid: Matt Harvey: Matt Harvey a starting pitcher in the New York Mets organization is the latest highly touted prospect to get the call. Below I...
• 7/26 Mets360.com: Progression of Matt Harvey is something to keep fans tuned in: I don’t think I need to remind anyone here about the tumultuous state that the Mets currently find themselves in. Clearly, I...
• 7/23 Up Along First: Morning Mets Links: July 23, 2012: Here are this morning’s Mets links: The Mets lost yesterday afternoon in a marathon 12-inning game with the Dodgers that...
• 7/23 Rising Apple: Mets Injury Updates: Mike Baxter and Frank Francisco Nearing Returns: As we saw a flurry of roster moves take place over the weekend, some of which included the promotions of Elvin Ramirez, Jeremy...
• 7/23 Rising Apple: Matt Harvey to Make MLB Debut Thursday Against Diamondbacks: After the Mets front office and coaching staff decided to keep Matt Harvey at Triple-A and start Miguel Batista Saturday at Citi...
• 7/23 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: July 23: Top stories Harvey promoted: After weeks of Mets fans calling on Sandy Alderson to make a change, they’re getting what they...
• 7/22 Up Along First: Matt Harvey To Make MLB Debut On Thursday: Thursday’s starter has been determined. The Mets decided and announced today that Matt Harvey will make his MLB debut on...
• 7/22 Up Along First: Mets Designate Miguel Batista For Assignment: The Mets announced today that they have designated Miguel Batista for assignment. Batista, 41, is 1-4 on the season with a 4.82...
• 7/22 Up Along First: Morning Mets Links: July 22, 2012: Here are this morning’s Mets links: The Mets placed Johan Santana on the DL yesterday with a sprained ankle. Santana hurt...
• 7/22 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Mets Fall to .500 with 8-5 Loss to Dodgers: In a game where most Mets fans would have preferred to see Matt Harvey make his MLB debut, they settled to see Miguel Batista...
• 7/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Go For Sunday Sweep at Citi Field: Nathan Eovaldi (1-6, 4.33) vs. Jon Niese (7-4, 3.58) Lineup: Hairston LF Mark Ellis 2B Kemp CF Ethier RF Rivera 1B Cruz SS Uribe...
• 7/22 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers Unleash Feastmode Upon New York, Helping Cappy to Tenth Win: Dodgers 8 11 0 Mets       5 10 0 WP-Capuano-10-5 LP-Batista-1-3 SV-Jansen-18 HR-uribe-2-Cedeno-2   Sorry for the delay...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista designated for assignment: The New York Mets have designated RP Miguel Batista for assignment. In a corresponding move, the team recalled P Elvin Ramirez...[+] from Triple-A Buffalo.
• 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Designate Miguel Batista For Assignment: The Mets have designated Miguel Batista for assignment, according to Andy Martino of the New York Daily News (via Twitter). ...
• 7/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 94: Loss to Dodgers: Dodgers 8 Mets 5 For the first time since April 26, the Mets reach .500. Mets Game Notes Miguel Batista pitched like Johan Santana...
• 7/21 Up Along First: Johan Santana Placed On Disabled List With Ankle Injury: Johan Santana has been placed on the 15-day DL with a right ankle sprain. Santana suffered the injury a few weeks back when Reed...
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• 7/19 MetsToday.com: Collins Cracks Up, Batista Delusional: To be completely fair to Terry Collins, I purposely chose to “sleep on it” before addressing here the Pedro Beato...
• 7/19 Mets360.com: Is there any possible way the Mets can overcome these bullpen disasters?: Does anyone want this guy pitching in relief in lieu of what we have now? No, we won’t get that far, but at this point it has...
• 7/18 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 91: Loss to Nationals: Nationals 4 Mets 3 So much for team meetings. Mets Game Notes Chris Young pitched fairly well; well enough to lose, unfortunately....
• 7/18 District On Deck: Game 89: Nationals 4, Mets 3: They just won’t go away.  That looks to be the theme of the year for these pesky New York Mets (46-45) and first-place Washington...
• 7/18 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Wright and Bay Homers Not Enough as Mets Lose 4-3: After five straight losses and their last win coming over a week and a half ago before the All-Star break, Terry Collins felt...
• 7/18 Mets360.com: Mets pitching since the All-Star break: Here is the Mets pitching since the All-Star break: Rk W L ERA G GS GF IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BF WHIP SO/9 SO/BB 1 Miguel...
• 7/18 Rising Apple: Miguel Batista, Not Matt Harvey, To Start for Mets Saturday: There wasn’t an official announcement from either Terry Collins or Sandy Alderson as to who will be starting Saturday’s...
• 7/17 Up Along First: Harvey Will Not Be Called Up, Wheeler Will Not Pitch In MLB This Season, Both Good Moves: Terry Collins told reporters this afternoon that the Mets will not call up Matt Harvey to pitch Saturday against the Dodgers....
• 7/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | No starter named for Saturday: New York Mets manager Terry Collins said SP Miguel Batista will be available in relief through Saturday, July 21, but he did not...[+] name a starter in place of SP Dillon Gee (shoulder). However, Collins seemed to lean Batista over SP Matt Harvey for the empty spot in the rotation.
• 7/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista to start: New York Mets SP Miguel Batista will start for the team Saturday, July 21. General manager Sandy Alderson said SP Matt Harvey...[+] will be up with the team at some point this year, but SP Zack Wheeler will not be recalled at all this season.
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• 7/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista to start Wednesday: New York Mets SP Miguel Batista will take the spot of the injured SP Dillon Gee (shoulder) in the rotation Wednesday, July 18,...[+] against the Washington Nationals.
• 7/10 Mets360.com: The Atmosphere Around The Mets Is Shifting: There is something in the air around Citi Field, other than Flushing Bay at low tide. The atmosphere has lightened, almost imperceptibly....
• 7/10 MetsToday.com: Gee Hurt, Second Half Rotation Suddenly Shaky: RHP Dillon Gee has been hospitalized with numbness in the fingers of his throwing hand, according to Adam Rubin and multiple...
• 7/7 Mets360.com: Trade talk in the Mets’ front office: Scene – A large corporate office where three men are engaged in heavy discussion.  Each of them holds an old fashioned glass,...
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• 7/3 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Carp Season Over: Chris Carpenter will have season-ending surgery which means that he will not throw a truly meaningful pitch in the 2012 season. ...

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• 6/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES ARE KING OF NEW YORK...NOT CHICKENS: The Yankees won the series against the Mets 2 games to 1.  That's a good thing.  It started out rocky of course,...
• 6/25 MetsToday.com: Mets Add Left-handed Bullpen Arm: In the 8th inning of last night’s game, two left-handed hitters were due to bat for the Yankees.  Terry Collins elected not...
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• 6/22 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 71: Win Over Yankees: Mets 6 Yankees 4 Mets get a taste of victory against the Yankees — and the flavor is just like chicken. Mets Game Notes...
• 6/22 Mets360.com: Johan Santana’s run support, Wright’s hitting streaks, Niese and the HR ball: In his first four games of 2012, the Mets scored six runs for Johan Santana. Since then they have tallied 54 runs in his last...
• 6/18 STLCardinalBaseball: A Few Thoughts About The Recent Slide: Thank goodness for a day off! After the Father’s Day Massacre yesterday, I was so disgusted and disillusioned that I needed...
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• 6/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista slated for setup role?: The New York Mets appear to be leaning toward using RP Miguel Batista in the eighth-inning setup role over RP Bobby Parnell for...[+] a while.
• 6/6 Up Along First: We Need Relief!: Say what you will about the defense in yesterday’s 7-6 loss in Washington, but the bullpen was to blame. And this isn’t...
• 6/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | R.A. Dickey won't start Wednesday: New York Mets SP R.A. Dickey won't pitch on short rest Wednesday, June 6, and SP Jeremy Hefner will now pitch that day. SP Chris...[+] Young (shoulder) will be activated to pitch Tuesday, June 5, and SP Miguel Batista (back) has been activated from the disabled list to back him up. Dickey will go Thursday, June 7, with SP Johan Santana taking two extra days off to pitch Friday, June 8.
• 6/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: White Sox, Diamondbacks, Mets: It’s draft day, which means lots of coverage on MLBTR. I’ll be hosting a live chat throughout the evening, so come by and...
• 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Chris Young to start Tuesday: New York Mets manager Terry Collins confirmed Sunday, June 3, that SP Chris Young (shoulder) will come off the 15-day disabled...[+] list to make his regular season debut Tuesday, June 5, against the Washington Nationals. SP Miguel Batista (back) will also come off the DL and will be available as a long reliever in case Young struggles.
• 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista set for Tuesday: New York Mets manager Terry Collins said SP Miguel Batista (back) will come off the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, June 5, and...[+] he will be available to work in long relief in case SP Chris Young (shoulder) struggles in his season debut.
• 6/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Two candidates to start Monday: New York Mets manager Terry Collins remains undecided about his starter for Monday, June 4, against the St. Louis Cardinals. SPs...[+] Miguel Batista and Jeremy Hefner are candidates for the assignment.

• 5/31 Rising Apple: Jeremy Hefner May Get Another Start as Batista Struggles in Double-A: Terry Collins was asked last night whether or not Jeremy Hefner earned his next start in the rotation on Monday against the St....
• 5/25 Mets360.com: Does Jason Marquis make sense for the Mets?: After watching yet another disappointing performance by a Mets’ fifth starter, I am left asking myself numerous questions. ...
• 5/22 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Not Interested In Jason Marquis: The Mets have no interest in right-hander Jason Marquis, reports Mike Puma of The New York Post (on Twitter). He was designated...
• 5/22 Rising Apple: When Should the Mets Promote Matt Harvey?: Ever since Mike Pelfrey got DL’d for the season in early-April, there has been a big hole in the back-end of the Mets rotation....
• 5/21 Rising Apple: Mets Injury Updates: Miguel Batista Hits the DL, Jason Bay Continues His Rehab: Terry Collins and the Mets saw another one of their players go down with an injury over the weekend in Toronto; this time, it...
• 5/20 Mets360.com: Jenrry Mejia: Starter or reliever?: The Mets pitching has more than one problem right now. After placing Miguel Batista on the DL, they only have four starters, and...
• 5/20 Call to the Pen: New York Mets Injury Updates: Miguel Batista: Miguel Batista took the start for the New York Mets against the Toronto Blue Jays, in a game that ended up being a 2-0 loss for...
• 5/20 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Brandon Morrow shuts down New York Mets: Toronto Blue Jays 2, New York Mets 0 Starting pitcher Brandon Morrow has the ability to be flat-out dominant on some days with...
• 5/20 Rising Apple: Miguel Batista Injury: Just the Latest Met to Get Hurt: The Mets have once again been hit by the injury bug…as if they hadn’t gotten bit by it enough this year. The one difference...
• 5/19 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 40: Loss to Blue Jays: Blue Jays 2 Mets 0 Mets lose today to Morrow as well as yesterday. Mets Game Notes Brandon Morrow was absolutely dominating; if...
• 5/19 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Brandon Morrow Shuts Out Mets 2-0: A day after Terry Collins saw his pitching staff give up 14 hits and the most effective pitcher be his back up catcher Rob Johnson,...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista leaves game with back injury: New York Mets SP Miguel Batista (back) left his start against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, May 19, after two innings, due to...[+] lower back discomfort. He was replaced in the game by P Jeremy Hefner.
• 5/18 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 39: Loss to Blue Jays: Blue Jays 14 Mets 5 Jonathon Niese and the New York Mets were given a very rude introduction to baseball as it’s played...
• 5/18 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Open Up Inter-league Schedule With Set in Toronto: Tonight, the Mets begin their inter-league schedule with a three-game series against the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays have been  somewhat...
• 5/16 Mets360.com: Should Josh Thole be Dillon Gee’s personal catcher?: One night after Miguel Batista made the Brewers look impotent, the same team knocked around Dillon Gee pretty good, as they notched...
• 5/15 Rising Apple: Game Recap: Batista, Murphy Lead Mets Past Brewers for 3-1 Win:   This was a night where pitching dominated the game; it makes sense when you find out that Yovani Gallardo was on the hill...
• 5/15 Mets360.com: Miguel Batista has delivered for Mets as a starting pitcher: Most of the talk around the Mets is centered around if Chris Young or Jenrry Mejia should be the team’s fifth starter after...
• 5/14 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Arizona Diamondbacks: Time for us to figure out who is on the Mount Rushmore of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Here are the top 15 batters and pitchers,...
• 5/14 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 35: Win Over Brewers: Mets 2 Brewers 1 There’s no way the Mets can lose this series. And we can thank a man with the power of voodoo. Who do?...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista nursing tightness in groin: New York Mets SP Miguel Batista (groin) had his groin tighten during his start Monday, May 14. However, he said he has had this...[+] issue before, and doesn't feel it will affect him going forward.
• 5/14 Baseball Musings: Shocking Pitching: I’m not sure which is more unlikely, Miguel Batista pitching seven shutout innings for the Mets, or Yovani Gallardo walking...
• 5/14 STLCardinalBaseball: The Return Of Eduardo Sanchez: In a move reminiscent of last spring’s release of Ryan Franklin and Miguel Batista, John Mozeliak today hacked off the gangrenous...
• 5/14 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Take Their Struggling ‘Pen Back Home to Face Brewers: Tonight, the Mets begin a brief two-game set  against the Brewers at Citi Field. The Brewers are a team that has been riddled...
• 5/11 Mets360.com: Johan Santana defies the numbers: Someone once said that Sabremetrics was the science of analyzing the fun out of baseball. That never made sense to me. I love...
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Chris Young progressing: New York Mets SP Chris Young (shoulder) threw five scoreless innings for Single-A St. Lucie Thursday, May 10, giving up five hits...[+] while walking two and striking out four. Young was hitting 85 mph on the radar gun, but the team expects him to gain a few ticks. Young will make one more start with St. Lucie and then move to Triple-A Buffalo. Young is expected to replace P Miguel Batista in the rotation eventually.
• 5/10 Mets360.com: Daniel Murphy showing signs of improvement: When Miguel Batista starts a game for the Mets there really isn’t much hope. Running him out there looks like a sign of giving...
• 5/10 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 30: Win Over Phillies: Mets 7 Phillies 4 Come-from-behind victory for the Mets as they set up for a sweep in Philadelphia. Who’da thunk it? Mets...
• 5/10 Crashburn Alley: Mets-Phillies Game Thread 5/8/12: The Phillies haven’t won consecutive games in over a week and they haven’t been above .500 since Opening Day. After...
• 5/7 Up Along First: Series Preview: Banged-Up Mets Head to Philly: Tonight, the Mets begin a three-game series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The Mets play the Phillies,...
• 5/6 Mets360.com: D.J. Carrasco called up; Bobby Parnell drawing interest: Well the Mets ended their four game losing streak last night with Johan Santana on the mound. He gave them seven solid innings...
• 5/6 Rising Apple: D.J. Carrasco Gets Call, Valdespin Optioned to Buffalo: In an effort to find a way to fill the void that Mike Pelfrey has left in the Mets rotation after his injury, New York called...
• 5/5 Mets360.com: After terrific start, Mets’ bullpen is starting to show its flaws: After a sterling beginning to open the Mets’ 2012 campaign, the bullpen has been more bearish than bullish lately and is starting...
• 5/5 Up Along First: Batista In the Roatation Is the Wrong Move: Before last night’s 5-4 loss at Citi Field, Terry Collins announced that with Chris Schwinden  heading back to Buffalo,...
• 5/5 Mets360.com: Looking for rotation help beyond Schwinden and Batista: I like Chris Schwinden and think with patience he could be a back-end starter or AAAA backup for most teams.  However if the...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista to enter rotationNew York Mets P Miguel Batista will serve as the team's new fifth starter....[+] New York Mets P Miguel Batista will serve as the team's new fifth starter.
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Chris Schwinden likely to be ousted from rotation: New York Mets SP Chris Schwinden is unlikely to receive a third start in the rotation. The three realistic options to take the...[+] spot are Ps Jeremy Hefner, Garrett Olson and Miguel Batista. Hefner and Olson are both pitching at Class AAA. Ps Zack Wheeler, Matt Harvey and Jeurys Familia are not options.
• 5/2 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 24: Loss to Astros: Astros 6 Mets 3 Suddenly this season is looking eerily similar to the four that preceded it: one series, they look like world...
• 5/2 Rising Apple: Bobby Parnell: The Amazins’ Most Reliable Reliever: The Mets bullpen has had its ups and downs. Frank Francisco and Jon Rauch started the year off with a bang by slamming the door...

• 4/28 Rising Apple: When Will Josh Edgin Make His MLB Debut?: It’s becoming more and more clear that Manny Acosta (9.31 ERA, 2.17 WHIP, 0.78 K/BB) and Miguel Batista (8.68 ERA, 2.35...
• 4/25 High Heat Stats: Games of Monday & Tuesday (4/23-24): Playing a little catch-up here; thirty teams generate a lot of box scores! Any neglect of your team is unintentional…. Tuesday...
• 4/25 Mets360.com: Did new delivery cause Mike Pelfrey’s injury?: On the field yesterday was a pretty good day for Mets fans. We got to see Jose Reyes return to Citi Field, saw a great pitching...
• 4/24 Up Along First: Series Preview: Jose Returns With Marlins for Three-Game Set: Tonight, the Marlins come to town for the first game of a three-game series, starting at 7:10 tonight. Tonight’s game will...
• 4/24 Mets360.com: Walking A Thin Line: 2012 Mets Can Be Marvelous Or Awful: I went to my first game of 2012 last Friday (4/20). Dinner at McFadden’s with my wife & my cousin & his wife beforehand,...
• 4/24 Rising Apple: Mets Swept; Lose Series to Giants: Well, yesterday’s doubleheader was just about as ugly as the drizzly, overcast weather that hovered over Citi Field. In...
• 4/23 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 15: Loss to Giants: Giants 6 Mets 1 The weather conditions were reminiscent of those that might be experienced during an early season game at old...
• 4/23 Rising Apple: New York Mets: The Week Ahead: Due to yesterday’s rain out, the Mets are looking at eight games in the next seven days. Miguel Batista and Dillon Gee are...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Giants and Mets scheduled a double header for today to make up for Sunday’s postponement. Dillon Gee was scheduled to...
• 4/22 STLCardinalBaseball: 8 and 9: A bullpen love story: Last season the Cardinals began the year with Ryan Franklin as their closer and some guy named Miguel Batista as their setup man....
• 4/18 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 12: Loss to Braves: Braves 14 Mets 6 It didn’t seem so long ago that the Mets were in first place and four games over .500. Then, we’ve...
• 4/18 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 11: Loss to Braves: Braves 9 Mets 3 Tough game for the Mets as they dropped to a 7-4 record, but they still remain within striking distance of the...
• 4/17 Rising Apple: Time to Say “Bye Bye” to Miguel Batista: One of the biggest surprises of the 2012 has been the dominance of the Mets bullpen. Frank Francisco has nailed down three saves...
• 4/15 Up Along First: Bullpen Implodes, Mets Lose 8-2: The scoring in today’s game was completely backwards. If you told me the Phillies would score eight runs today, I would...
• 4/15 Baseball Musings: Hamels Stops the Bleeding: Cole Hamels gave up a two-run home run in the first inning to Ike Davis, but then the Philadelphia starter kept the Mets in check...
• 4/13 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Travel to Philly to Play Arch-Rival Phillies: After losing this week’s three game series to the Washington Nationals, the Mets will travel across New Jersey to play the...
• 4/11 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 6: Loss to Nationals: Nationals 4 Mets 0 The surging Nationals take two from the Mets, moving into a first-place tie with the NL East leaders. This...
• 4/9 Up Along First: Mets Beat Nationals Thanks to Murphy Walk-off: The Mets improved to 4-0 tonight as they beat the Nationals at Citi Field by a score of 4-3. Mike Pelfrey started the game for...
• 4/9 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 4: Win Over Nationals: Mets 4 Nationals 3 What the Wilpons needed more than anything else was a hot start, and exciting baseball, to get people excited...
• 4/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Miguel Batista could see save opps: New York Mets manager Terry Collins said RP Miguel Batista could see save chances on days that RPs Frank Francisco and Jon Rauch...[+] are both unavailable.
• 4/7 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 3: All Too Human: Who knows what we really expected from Adam Wainwright on his first official start since returning from Tommy John surgery. A...
• 4/5 NY Baseball Digest: Profiling the 2012 Mets: Most po**** sports profiling is based on assessing a player’s skill sets. In baseball, that means the so-called 5-tools of...
• 4/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Mike Baxter, Miguel Batista purchasedThe New York Mets purchased the contracts of OF Mike Baxter and RP Miguel Batista Wednesday, April 4....[+] The New York Mets purchased the contracts of OF Mike Baxter and RP Miguel Batista Wednesday, April 4.
• 4/4 MetsToday.com: Six Concerns for Mets in 2012: Ideally, we’d be discussing the Mets’ embracement of Six Sigma to help them in the 2012 season. Instead, there are...
• 4/4 Mets360.com: How long until Jason Bay gets benched?: Well the first game of the season is tomorrow and the Mets have their Opening Day roster set. Mike Baxter and Miguel Batista have...
• 4/4 Mets360.com: Despite poor record, good news abounds for Mets: Back in the end of January, I wrote a piece detailing 10 things to watch for in Spring Training. Now that Grapefruit League play...

• 3/31 STLCardinalBaseball: A look at the Opening Day Roster: The Cardinals look different on Opening Day every year than they do by the end of the season. For instance the opening day closer...
• 3/31 Mets360.com: Chris Young: A risk worth taking (again)?: As I’m sure you’re all aware of by now, the Mets resigned pitcher Chris Young to a minor league deal earlier this week. While...
• 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Take the Lynn, Leave the Oswalt: It’s not personal.  It’s business.  The St. Louis Cardinals do not need Roy Oswalt right now.  They may need him...
• 3/20 C70 At The Bat: Getting The Work In: It's getting to the part of spring training where the newness of seeing baseball scores and highlights is starting to wear...
• 3/20 Mets360.com: Which relievers will be on Mets’ Opening Day roster?: The Mets have very few positions up for grabs this Spring. The bullpen is one place where jobs were available and the situation...
• 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: New York Mets: The Mets rebuilt their bullpen and lost Jose Reyes this offseason, lowering payroll by a record $50MM in the process. Major...
• 3/18 Up Along First: 2012 Season Preview: Starting Rotation: The starting rotation, as you know, can make or break a season. In order to win, you need a solid number one at the top, along...
• 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: Veterans On Minors Deals In Line For $100K Bonus: In recent years, several teams have included player opt-out clauses when signing veterans to minor league contracts.  Generally...
• 3/12 Mets360.com: Mets Minors: Preseason prospect picks: There are lots of top 10’s, 20’s, 50’s, 41’s and 100’s out there but only one of them is mine.  What makes mine better? ...
• 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: Wright, Byrdak, Santana: David Wright will get a cortisone shot for his sore ribcage, Andy Martino of the New York Daily News tweets. Here are some more...
• 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: Mets May Look To Trade D.J. Carrasco: Bobby Parnell seems likely to earn one of the final spots in the Mets bullpen, leaving the last spot up for grabs between Miguel...
• 3/6 NY Baseball Digest: Veteran Intangibles that Stats Can’t Measure: All offseason we debate the merits of acquiring different players. Sometimes, we don’t understand why a team brings a veteran...
• 3/6 NY Baseball Digest: Adding Beato to the Starting Pitching Mix: I recently talked about the Mets lack of depth in starting pitching. Unable to sign a low risk/high reward veterans due to finances,...
• 3/6 Crashburn Alley: Constructing the Unbeatable Team, Volume 2: In the summer of 2008, my younger brother killed three hours on a bus in Latvia when a friend of his posed to him what I consider...

• 2/24 NY Baseball Digest: Mets Pitching Depth Could Get Scary: No one expects much from the Mets, but the reports of them being a 100-loss team are, in my opinion, greatly exaggerated. Vegas...
• 2/17 NY Baseball Digest: Should Mets Push Wheeler, Harvey and Familia?: Could there be a benefit to the Mets pushing their young pitchers? I am not suggesting eschewing any innings targets, but pushing...
• 2/8 WasWatching: Most Career HR – Players Who Played With 10+ Teams In Their Career: It’s a fun list - Rk Player HR   From To Age G PA Tm 1 Matt Stairs 265 12 1992 2011 24-43 1895 6023 MON-BOS-OAK-CHC-MIL-PIT-KCR-TEX-DET-TOR-PHI-SDP-WSN...

• 1/31 MetsToday.com: Mets Spring Training Question 20: Johan Santana: With 20 days until pitchers and Molinas report, question #20 for the Mets is the health of Johan Santana. Based on the risky assumption...
• 1/30 Mets360.com: Top 10 things to watch for Mets in Spring Training: We are three weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training. Typically, the start of Spring Training is a...
• 1/28 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Roy Oswalt and Cardinals number 44If pitcher Roy Oswalt signs with the St. Louis Cardinals, will his familiar number 44 be available?...
• 1/22 i70baseball.com: Bullpen Could Be A Strength For St. Louis Cardinals In 2012: After having a bullpen that appeared to be one of the worst in the league less than 12 months ago, the St. Louis Cardinals could...
• 1/20 NY Baseball Digest: Jeff Francis: A Good Value for the Mets: Reports indicate the Mets have some interest in free agent starter Jeff Francis. When you take a quick glance at Francis’ 6-16,...
• 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: The Shady Non-Story of Keith Law and the Astros: How is it possible when any tiny little bit of baseball news on and off the field is reported by multiple outlets that—during...
• 1/16 Mets360.com: Why the Mets should sign Micah Owings: Every team needs starting pitching depth. Last year the Mets had their projected starting five of Capuano, **** Niese, Pelfrey...
• 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/8/2012 - 1/14/2012: The Yankees awoke from a relative offseason slumber to pull off a pair of big moves on Friday. In case you missed that or any...
• 1/15 The Daily Catch: Slim, But Not Impossible: This Season Can Be Successful: This article is courtesy of our friends at Daily Stache Written by: Michael Ganci While looking at the Mets’ moves this off-season,...
• 1/13 Mets360.com: Was the 2011 Mets staff really lucky with injuries?: Recently, I discussed the projected offense for the 2012 Mets. Today, let’s talk about the pitching. Most fans’ top concern...
• 1/12 MetsToday.com: Offseason Complete for Mets: After being waived by the Mets, 23-year-old Fernando Martinez is now a member of the Houston Astros. And according to Adam Rubin,...
• 1/12 PaulLebowitz.com: The Shady Non-Story of Keith Law and the Astros: How is it possible when any tiny little bit of baseball news on and off the field is reported by multiple outlets that—during...
• 1/11 Rising Apple: [Oh, God] Mets Re-Sign Miguel Batista: Nothing says “exciting news” quite like re-signing Miguel Batista. Luckily, it’s just to a Minor League deal,...
• 1/10 El Maquino: METS KEEP MIGUEL BATISTA: Our buddy Miguel Batista has been re-signed by the New York Mets. Miguel pitched in 26 games with a 4.50 ERA out of the bullpen...
• 1/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Three signed: The New York Mets signed free-agent Ps Miguel Batista (Mets) and Fernando Cabrera (Athletics) and SS Sean Kazmar (Mariners) Tuesday,...[+] Jan. 10. Kazmar will report to the minor leagues.
• 1/10 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Re-Sign Miguel Batista: The Mets re-signed righty Miguel Batista to a minor league deal, tweets Andy Martino of the New York Daily News.  They also...

• 12/31 STLCardinalBaseball: 2011 a year in review: Cardinal edition: With today being the last day of the year, I felt it necessary to take a look back at the year 2011 in baseball, and a month by...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Beltran, Corpas, **** Ross: Six years ago today, the Diamondbacks officially traded third baseman Troy Glaus and shortstop prospect Sergio Santos to...
• 12/25 High Heat Stats: Most career PITCHING WAR by number of franchises played for: Earlier today, Andy took a look at the batting/fielding leaders in WAR categorized by number of franchises played for.  Here...
• 12/24 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #12: Young relievers emergeThree rookie pitchers not on the roster to open the season contributed to the St. Louis Cardinals World Championship push....
• 12/19 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #16: Out went the old in the pen: Four veteran relievers began the 2011 season with the St. Louis Cardinals but they did not perform and were soon gone, replaced...
• 12/18 STLCardinalBaseball: A look at the promising bullpen of the 2012 Cardinals: With the recent signing of left handed reliever J.C. Romero the Cardinals bullpen seems to be set, unless the Cardinals decide...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Weiner: Teams Want International Draft "Right Now": The title of MLB's new International Talent Committee sounds global in scope, but there's no doubt of the central role the Dominican...
• 12/14 MetsToday.com: Mets Need Starting Pitching Depth: We looked at the projected Mets lineup, now let’s look at the projected starting rotation. In no particular order: 1. R.A....
• 12/9 Mets360.com: Mets’ bullpen overflowing after Winter Meetings acquisitions: The Mets moved quickly and decisively to address their bullpen at the Winter Meetings, adding relievers Frank Francisco, Ramon...
• 12/8 SoDo Mojo: Mariners And The Ghost Of Free Agents Past: So after a discussion on twitter the other night, which started out with Colin O’Keefe of Proball NW asking a legtimate...
• 12/8 Fungoes.net: 25 in 25, #7: Cardinal bullpen redeems itself in playoffs: The Cardinals bullpen usually made headlines during the regular season for its failures. But when the playoffs began, it was a...
• 12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Closing In On Reliever?: The latest on the Mets, following Sandy Alderson's press briefing... Jose Reyes' agent met with the Mets about other...
• 12/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mets | Interested in re-signing Miguel BatistaThe New York Mets are interested in re-signing RP Miguel Batista....[+] The New York Mets are interested in re-signing RP Miguel Batista.
• 12/1 Fungoes.net: 25 in 25, #1: Cardinals preseason odds of winning the World Series: [This December, we're going to celebrate the Cardinals' 2011 season with a series of consecutive posts leading up to Christmas...

• 11/21 Fungoes.net: 2011 United Cardinal Bloggers awards: Award 1: Cardinal Player of the Year Lance Berkman Matt Holliday Albert Pujols Comment: Berkman was the most-valuable Cardinal...
• 11/3 Fragile Freddy's: Free Agents - Relief Pitchers: With the World Series over players will begin filing for free agency.  With that in mind let’s have a look at the available...

• 10/31 Rising Apple: 2011 Season in Review: Miguel Batista: The New York Mets went 77-85 in 2011. As suggested by the sub-par record, there were a fair share of ups and downs throughout...
• 10/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Is There Anything to be Learned from St. Louis?: St. Louis won the World Series last night. I can’t say I was particularly thrilled with the outcome, but neither of the...
• 10/21 B-R Blog: 7+ Scoreless IP In World Series Game & No Decision: Last night was only the 7th time it's happened in World Series history: Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: New York Mets: The Mets' attempt to re-sign Jose Reyes will dominate their offseason and determine how much they can spend on other areas of...
• 10/4 Fungoes.net: Cardinal pen’s Game 2 relief stint second-longest scoreless of season: You’ve heard of the “bullpen start.” The Cardinals succeeded Sunday night in Game 2 of the NLDS with a delayed...

• 9/30 Rising Apple: Ten Offseason Questions For the New York Mets: Well, that’s it.  After 162 games, the Mets finish with a record 77-85, thanks to a complete game shutout by Miguel Batista...
• 9/29 Mets360.com: How the 2011 Mets are like the 1971 Reds: The Mets finished their 2011 season on an up note, as Miguel Batista pitched a complete game shutout to give the team a final...
• 9/29 Mets360.com: Mets’ 2011 end of season report card: In what was another underwhelming season for the New York Mets, Sandy Alderson got a good close-up look at his new team and it’s...
• 9/28 Baseball Musings: Mets End on a High Note: The Mets defeat the Reds 3-0 to end both their seasons, Miguel Batista tossing a shutout. He allowed just two hits, walking two...
• 9/28 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 161: Loss to Reds: Reds 5 Mets 4 Strange … nowhere in the Mets media guide, nor in the scorebook, nor on the Mets.com website does it say “September...
• 9/28 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Rumors: Lawsuit, Reyes, Offseason: The Mets close out their season this afternoon at Citi Field, with Miguel Batista facing the Reds' Edinson Volquez.  The...
• 9/22 Mets360.com: Mets’ bullpen in need of major overhaul for 2012: What more needs to be said about the Mets’ bullpen that hasn’t been said? It stinks, and it’s not getting better any...
• 9/21 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 155: Loss to Cardinals: Cardinals 6 Mets 5 It’s official: the Mets will finish the 2011 season with a losing record. Great job, guys. Don’t...
• 9/15 Mets360.com: Free agency, Arbitration, and the Rule 5 Draft: With the official end of the 2011 MLB regular season fast approaching, the Mets once again find themselves playing out the string...
• 9/10 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 145: Win Over Cubs: Cubs 5 Mets 4 This contest resembled a college basketball game, in that it was pretty boring and uneventful until the last few...
• 9/10 NY Baseball Digest: Mets FA’s and Arb Eligible: Who Should Stay or Go?: The Mets have twelve players that are either free agents or arbitration eligible this offseason. Let’s take a look at each and...
• 9/9 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (62-81) at New York Mets (70-73): Have the Cubs even played the Mets this year? I can't remember (laughing). Apparently the Cubs took two out three from them behind...
• 9/9 Mets360.com: Mets Notes: DH results, Bay’s resurgence and Byrdak’s splits: The Mets lost both games of a doubleheader to the Braves on Thursday. It was the second time this year New York fell in both games...
• 9/7 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 140: Win Over Marlins: Mets 7 Marlins 4 For much of the game, I wasn’t sure whether I was watching two teams that were trying to win, or two teams...
• 9/7 Mets360.com: A look back at Sandy Alderson’s first year as GM: Last October immediately after the end of the season the Mets fired general manager Omar Minaya. Before Halloween, they hired...
• 9/6 Up Along First: Thread: Mets (68-72) at Nationals (65-74): Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Justin Turner 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Willie Harris...
• 9/5 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 139: Loss to Marlins: Marlins 9 Mets 3 The game started out ugly, and got uglier with each succeeding inning. Mets Game Notes For the first time this...
• 9/5 Up Along First: Series preview: at Marlins: The Mets start a three-game set against the Marlins tonight at Sun Life Stadium. Here are the projected pitching matchups: Tonight...
• 9/2 Up Along First: Thread: Mets (66-69) vs. Nationals (63-72): Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Justin Turner 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Jason Bay LF Nick...
• 9/2 Up Along First: Thread: Mets (65-69) vs. Marlins (60-75): Here is tonight’s Met lineup: Jose Reyes SS Ruben Tejada 2B Lucas Duda RF David Wright 3B Angel Pagan CF Jason Bay LF Nick...
• 9/2 Rising Apple: Game 135 Recap: Mets Take Final Game From Marlins, 7-5: If only the Mets played like this against every other team. The Mets bested the Marlins for four wins this series, including taking...
• 9/2 NY Baseball Digest: 4 Hour Games, Should the Sox Trio Share the MVP, It’s a Wonderful Life, Danny Herrera: 3:59, 3:16, 4:21 That is how long each game took during this Yankees-Red Sox series. These two teams have the longest nine inning...
• 9/2 B-R Blog: “And down the stretch they come!” – Games of Thursday 9/1/2011: -- St. Louis completed a 3-game sweep in Milwaukee. Albert Pujols went 4 for 4 with 2 HRs, including his 12th career grand slam...
• 9/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 135: Win Over Marlins: Mets 7 Marlins 5 The score was closer than that. Then it wasn’t. Then it was. Follow? Mets Game Notes The game was 4-2 from...

• 8/31 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 134: Win Over Marlins: Mets 3 Marlins 2 It took most of the year, but the Mets finally figured out how to beat the Fish. And with this win, they just...
• 8/30 i70baseball.com: Garcia’s Endurance Raises Questions About FutureWith $27 million invested and a less than stellar bullpen, Garcia must eat more innings...
• 8/27 SoDo Mojo: White Sox Continue To Rain On Seattle’s Already Rainy Parade: AP photo   In the past two years, when the Chicago White Sox have played the Seattle Mariners, the ChiSox have won 14 out...
• 8/26 MetsToday.com: To the Bat(ista) Phone!: He’s started a World Series game at Yankee Stadium, once dissed Miss Iowa and is a published author and poet. He is Miguel Batista...
• 8/25 The Cardinal Nation Blog: La Russa-Duncan and 40-year-old hurlersLooking back at the St. Louis Cardinals’ use of aged pitchers since 1996....
• 8/18 i70baseball.com: Is Fernando Salas A Closer ?: Fernando Salas has just blown his fourth save for the Cardinals. How does that compare among the other closers in St. Louis ?...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: Matt Stairs played for a lot of teams: Matt Stairs was released by the Nationals the other day. They were his 13th team in the big leagues (but only the 12th franchise...
• 8/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Too many big innings beating Cards: After another gut-punch loss where the Cardinals were seemingly cruising only to run into THAT BIG INNING again, I think it’s...

• 7/28 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Ervin Santana, Third No-Hitter of 2011: Ervin Santana of The World’s Worst Sports Blog‘s favorite American League team, the Los Angeles Angels, no-hit the...
• 7/27 Redbird Dugout: Rasmus dealt to Blue Jays: The back of Colby's new jersey?The news has hit the major media outlets. Colby Rasmus is no longer a St. Louis Cardinal. Neither...
• 7/23 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Notes: K-Rod, Starters, Capuano: Carlos Beltran is getting most of the attention, but there are still plenty of other Mets that could be dealt before the deadline....
• 7/21 Redbird Dugout: The lefty-lefty matchup: (Photo: Scott Ableman/Flickr)I don't like playing armchair manager the next morning after a game and saying how I would have done...
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Jack Of All Trades: Columbia Lions Edition: In a continuing effort to round up all the best-educated baseball players, the New York Mets signed Fernando Perez this week,...
• 7/15 El Maquino: WHY IS A TRADE NECESSARY?: 1:39p Right after the All-Star Game on Tuesday, Sports Illustrated reporter Jon Heyman was rushed onto the MLB Network on-field...
• 7/6 MLBTradeRumors: Looking Back At The Pirates’ Last Playoff Run: It’s been a while since the Pirates were relevant. Top Pittsburgh prospect Jameson Taillon was less than one year old when the...
• 7/5 Rising Apple: Mets Officially Sign Miguel Batista to Minor League Deal: Tenth time is a charm, right? The New York Mets became Miguel Batista‘s tenth Major League team when they signed him, officially,...
• 7/4 MLBTradeRumors: Mets Sign Miguel Batista: The Mets signed Miguel Batista to a minor league deal, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports (on Twitter). The Cardinals...

• 6/26 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 6/19/11 - 6/25/11: The trading deadline is now just a little over a month away, but for now, here's a look back at the last seven days, which were...
• 6/23 Fungoes.net: Add Batista to the long list of midseason cuts: Another Dave Duncan reclamation project ended Wednesday when the Cardinals released veteran Miguel Batista. The 40-year-old formerly...
• 6/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Pujols, Valdes, Pirates: On this date in 1984, Ryne Sandberg hit game-tying home runs off Cardinals reliever Bruce Sutter in the 9th and 10th innings as...
• 6/22 Redbird Dugout: Batista released, Lynn back to St. Louis: Lance Lynn made two starts for the Cardinals, now he's back.The surprise news came down just over half an hour ago from the Cardinals...
• 6/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals Release Miguel Batista: The Cardinals announced that they have released Miguel Batista (Twitter link). In a related move, St. Louis called up Lance...
• 6/22 C70 At The Bat: Epic Frustration: If you follow Bob from On The Outside Corner over on Twitter (and if you don't, go follow throatwarbler right now) you...
• 6/22 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Inheritance Tax: In baseball, walks are far more frustrating than hits.  In walking a batter, the pitcher removes all possibility for the defense...
• 6/14 B-R Blog: Tuesday Tidbits: Selected Games of June 13: There's a new leader in the AL Central, and also atop the pitching Game Score leaderboard. Justin Verlander smoked Cleveland in...
• 6/10 StLCards.net: Lance Lynn gets first win, Cardinals win series: Cards WIN The Cardinals got back on track after the Bud Norris hiccup and won 2 of 3 in Houston. Miguel Batista had more trouble,...
• 6/6 C70 At The Bat: He's Back!: Apparently the Cardinals finally made it to the return desk this weekend, turning in whatever that was that was pretending to...
• 6/5 StLCards.net: Albert Pujols muscles walk-off homer, returns to form: Cards WIN Albert Pujols is back. He had three extra base hits yesterday and won the game with a walk-off home run. It was a low...
• 6/2 StLCards.net: Salas blows first save, Cardinals lose in 11: Cards LOSE It was bound to happen eventually. Fernando Salas was going for his 11th save in 11 tries last night and got two outs...
• 6/2 22gigantes.com: Schierholtz's "lights out" performance sparks dramatic win over Cardinals: Not even a stadium lights malfunction could stop the San Francisco Giants from winning a bizarre, see-saw battle between the defending...
• 6/1 The World's Worst Sports Blog: One-Third of an Inning Pitched, 6 or More Earned Runs: Carlos Marmol came in last night to close a fine performance by Carlos Zambrano, who had pitched 8 innings and allowed one earned...

• 5/31 Pitchers Hit Eighth: No Long Relief for the DL: **** TLR!  Is this thing even on?  Has anybody besides me noticed that Matt Holliday hasn’t exactly been pounding the...
• 5/29 StLCards.net: Cardinals win first game at Colorado, lose second: Cards WIN Colby Rasmus tripled twice, drove in 3, and Albert Pujols drove in two runs in the first game in Colorado. The Cardinals...
• 5/27 C70 At The Bat: So Close To The Sweep: I had a nice outline of a post saved up for yesterday, but things got in the way and I never got around to fleshing them out....
• 5/25 StLCards.net: Cardinals get win in 11th, Descalso drives in winning run (again): Cards WIN Are we surprised? Daniel Descalso is showing himself to be nothing but clutch in the late innings with the game on the...
• 5/25 The Friarhood: Good, Bad, and Ugly 5/24 vs. STL: Padres with only two hits fall 3-2 in eleven innings to the Cardinals WP: Miguel Batista (3-1) LP: Ernesto Frieri (1-2) Save:...
• 5/24 C70 At The Bat: A Late-Night Extravaganza: You can't beat fun at the old ballpark, even when that fun keeps you up too late and makes you yawn through the morning the next...
• 5/23 B-R Blog: 5+ Career Games Since 1919 With 1 IP Or Less & 5+ ER Allowed: Since 1919, how many pitchers have 5 or more games in their career where they lasted 1 inning or less in the game and allowed...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Mitchell Boggs could be sent down: The St. Louis Cardinals are expected to option a relief pitcher to the minors Monday, May 23, to make room on the roster for 2B...[+] Skip Schumaker (elbow). The leading candidate to be sent down is RP Mitchell Boggs. Other options include RPs Ryan Franklin and Miguel Batista.
• 5/23 StLCards.net: Cardinals unnecessarily extend game, win in 10 innings: Cards WIN It was very nearly a -1 disaster and the latter half of the game wasn’t much of a bright spot for the Cardinals...
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Miguel Batista, Ryan Franklin working on side: The St. Louis Cardinals starting pitchers have been so efficient lately, that the relievers are having a hard time getting their...[+] work in. Pitching coach Dave Duncan said RPs Miguel Batista and Ryan Franklin have been staying sharp in bullpen sessions.
• 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Oldest Current MLB Players: Generally speaking, young players tend to have athleticism, upside and a salary right around the MLB minimum. It’s no wonder...
• 5/17 C70 At The Bat: Frustration, Then Vindication: A terribly frustrating weekend book-ended by wins both satisfying and encouraging.  Let's take a look at the last few days.Thursday...
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: Transactions History: Sergio Santos: When the Twins claimed a shortstop off of waivers on this date in 2008, they probably wouldn’t have guessed that Sergio Santos...
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series, and their offseason should have plenty of intrigue.  Here's what...
• 5/14 StLCards.net: Cardinals lose to Reds in 10: Cards LOSE The Cardinals weren’t good enough to win in 9 innings last night, nor were they bad enough to lose. It was a...
• 5/14 The Cardinal Nation Blog: It is time to appreciate Fernando SalasFernando Salas is the only St. Louis Cardinals reliever not to blow a save or take a loss in 2011....
• 5/11 C70 At The Bat: Catching Up On The Cardinals: Last night, at my son's t-ball game, one of the opposing coaches mentioned that he reads the blog regularly (hey, Matt!).  Being...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Best Minor League Deals: Pitchers: It would be hard to argue that R.A. **** wasn't the best minor league signing of the year in 2010. The knuckleballer posted...
• 5/2 Pitchers Hit Eighth: My Soapbox is Bigger Than Yours Is: Yep, my soapbox is bigger than yours is, because it has to be sturdy.  I like to eat 8 lb burritos with a spork while I’m...
• 5/2 C70 At The Bat: Big Weekend For Cardinals: While the national news of Sunday night overshadowed the diversion that is this game we love, it was still a strong weekend for...
• 5/1 Redbird Dugout: Game 27: Cardinals 3, Braves 2: The Comeback Cards are at it again to finish out April. Down 2-0 going into the 8th, they tie it up and then take the lead in...

• 4/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Four different Cards relievers with saves in last four winsWho will be the next closer of the day for the St. Louis Cardinals?...
• 4/27 C70 At The Bat: A Loss, But Not A 2010 Loss: I missed a lot of last night's game, since our TV was on the local weather instead of more enjoyable pursuits.  (For the...
• 4/25 Redbird Dugout: Game 21: Reds 5, Cardinals 3: For the second straight game of the series, rain played a major role. Unfortunately, it was the Reds who took advantage after...
• 4/25 C70 At The Bat: Cards Win, Come Tantalizingly Close To Sweep: It was a wet weekend in St. Louis, but they got all the games in.  After Friday's sleight-of-hand, as it were, with the start...
• 4/24 Blog Red Machine: The Taking of Game 2It almost went a different way in the 8th with Bruce facing a lefty on the mound......
• 4/23 C70 At The Bat: Forces of Nature, Both Cardinal and Otherwise: The last two days, we've seen Kyle Lohse mow through the Washington Nationals and then a natural storm mow through St. Louis....
• 4/23 Redbird Dugout: Game 20: Cardinals 4, Reds 2: Okay, okay. I consistently and loudly complain about a lot of Tony LaRussa's moves, moves that seem to less and less reflect a...
• 4/23 StLCards.net: Tony La Russa, Genius Move (+1): Cards WIN Tony La Russa knew it was going to rain yesterday so he started Miguel Batista instead of Kyle McClellan. It rained...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Cardinal Take the Lead: Despite a major tornado in St. Louis Friday night, the Reds and Cardinals played Friday night, St. Louis taking a 4-2 win and...
• 4/22 The Cardinal Nation Blog: La Russa works weather and rules to apparent advantage: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa maneuvered through the rules and the weather to secure a pitching advantage against...
• 4/20 B-R Blog: Mailbag: Pitchers whose first PA of a game came before their first pitch: B-R reader Blake had an interesting question this morning: "You folks are great at acquiring information like this, so I would...
• 4/19 StLCards.net: Walkoff hangover, Nationals come to town (Game 17): I couldn’t bring myself to post anything yesterday after that ridiculous loss so I took a day off with the team. The Cardinals...
• 4/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Two relievers not likely for long relief: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa feels that RPs Eduardo Sanchez and Fernando Salas are not fit to be throwing multiple...[+] innings in relief out of the bullpen, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold. Sanchez struck out five of the seven hitters he faced in two innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, April 13. RP Raul Valdes, who is currently in the minors, is an option as a lefty long reliever. RP Miguel Batista will not be used in the long relief role with the pen short on capable arms. La Russa now sees Batista as a legitimate option in the late innings.
• 4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Five keys to a Cardinals postseason: The Cardinals will look to push aside the bitter pill of losing co-ace Adam Wainwright for the year as they battle an improved...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Mitchell Boggs, Jason Motte not ready to be closers: St. Louis Cardinals RPs Mitchell Boggs and Jason Motte combined for 2 1/3 scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday,...[+] April 12, and Boggs showed better command of his slider while striking out the side in the ninth inning, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Derrick Goold. Manager Tony La Russa recently said Boggs and Motte are not ready for ninth-inning duties if RP Ryan Franklin needed a rest. 'They're making progress,' pitching coach Dave Duncan stated. 'We're not the kind of club that can afford on-the-job training. We don't consider ourselves a developing club. We consider ourselves a club that is contending for a division championship. I don't think it's in their best interest or our best interest to do on-the-job training with those guys, so to speak. There'll be a point in time when one or both of them will be ready to do that.' Franklin was warming up to pitch the ninth inning Tuesday, which shows the team is still confident that he can serve as their closer. If Franklin is unavailable to pitch in the ninth, the team is more likely to use RPs Miguel Batista or Trever Miller for a save. La Russa thinks Motte needs to expand his repertoire and Boggs needs to control the types of pitches he uses, most notably his slider.
• 4/12 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Reasons for optimism: For those of you who follow on Twitter, you know that I announced I was going to err on the side of “blinded optimism”...
• 4/11 B-R Blog: 1500+ IP After 1932 With ERA+ 100+ & Never An All-Star: How many pitchers had 1,500 IP after 1932 with an ERA+ of 100 or better in their career and never made an All-Star team? Here's...
• 4/11 C70 At The Bat: Getting Serious Helps Cleanse The Palate: If I'd written much this weekend, it would have been a depressing take on the state of the Cardinals today.  Thankfully,...
• 4/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Miguel Batista next in line?: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said he's sticking with CL Ryan Franklin, but he hinted that RP Miguel Batista could...[+] be next in line if a move were made, Yahoo! Sports' Brad Evans reports.
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Washington Nationals: The Nationals are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Jayson Werth, RF: seven years, $126MM. Adam...
• 4/6 Redbird Dugout: Preseason Approval Ratings: Pitchers: All eyes are on Chris Carpenter in 2011(Photo: Dave Herholz/Flickr)Continuing my post series on the preseason Cardinals' approval...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: St. Louis Cardinals: The Cardinals are next in our Offseason In Review series. Major League Signings Jake Westbrook, SP: two years, $16.5MM. ...
• 4/3 Fungoes.net: Padres outhustled, outfocused Cardinals in opener: The Cardinals dropped Opening Day in frustrating fashion, 5-3 in 11 innings to the Padres, though in some ways, they lost in the...

• 3/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Nick Punto to DL: The St. Louis Cardinals placed 3B Nick Punto (hernia) on the 15-day disabled list and purchased RP Miguel Batista's contract from...[+] the minor leagues Wednesday, March 30, according to CBSSports.com.
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: Cardinals narrow down roster: Matt Carpenter slides into the plate during a spring training game.With less than 10 days remaining in Spring Training, the Cardinals...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: Opening Day Roster Set: Bryan Augenstein throws during Spring Training.According to Derrick Goold, the final two players have been sent out of major league...
• 3/28 C70 At The Bat: Starting the Final Practice Lap: It's time to get down to it.  The lasts of spring training are happening this week: Chris Carpenter and Kyle...
• 3/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Miguel Batista's contract purchased: The St. Louis Cardinals have purchased the contract of RP Miguel Batista, according to Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch....[+] Assuming the club does not carry 13 pitchers, the battle for the last roster spot will be between Ps Bryan Augenstein and Fernando Salas.
• 3/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Bissinger and His Flat Earth: Part I: A reader of this blog, El Maquino proposed a comparison of Buzz Bissinger’s Three Days in August and Michael Lewis’...
• 3/26 MLBTradeRumors: Opt-Out Notes: Branyan, Chavez, Isringhausen: A few notes on veterans with opt-out clauses from around the league... Russell Branyan could have opted out of his contract...
• 3/21 Baseball Musings: Verbal Brawl: Tony La Russa and Jim Riggleman went at it this afternoon over a spring bean-ball war: Cardinals reliever Miguel Batista hit Ian...
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Miguel Batista not a lock: St. Louis Cardinals RP Miguel Batista is not a lock to earn a spot in the bullpen despite pitching well this spring, according...[+] to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. Batista has allowed one run in his first three outings.
• 3/1 Fungoes.net: Cardinals need to face reality: It is hard for you to kick against the goads. — Acts 26:14 Bernie Miklasz wrote recently that there’s no reason...

• 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wainwright, Cardinals, White Sox, Rockies: Links for Sunday afternoon as we mourn the passing of Dodgers legend Duke Snider.. In a piece for Fangraphs, Jonah Keri weighs...
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | More on Kyle McClellan: Updating a previous item, St. Louis Cardinals Ps Miguel Batista and Kyle McClellan will only be candidates to move to the rotation...[+] if the team can find a replacement for them in the bullpen, according to FOXSportsMidwest.com's B.J. Rains. 'That's the argument for either Miguel or Kyle,' manager Tony La Russa said. 'Kyle, every year he's more important. You have to win games at the end like you do at the beginning. We never wanted to penalize Kyle. In the end, you look at what's best for your pitching staff, not just your rotation. Kyle is in a great position. He's a valuable member of the bullpen. But maybe he's the best starter.' La Russa said that the final spot in the bullpen is Batista's to lose this spring. SP Raul Valdes could be an intriguing wild card for the final rotation spot.
• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Plan to fill rotation hole from within: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa and general manager John Mozeliak said they plan to fill the extra spot in the rotation...[+] from within, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. Right now, RP Kyle McClellan appears to be the front-runner for the job after SP Adam Wainwright (elbow) has been pronounced out for the year. However, if McClellan is converted to a starter, it would put more pressure on RPs Mitchell Boggs and Jason Motte in the bullpen. If the team goes with either SPs Lance Lynn or P.J. Walters, it wouldn't tax the bullpen as much. Pitching coach Dave Duncan has made it no secret that he prioritizes the rotation above the bullpen, and that he is a backer of McClellan. SPs Miguel Batista and Ian Snell both appear to be long shots for the extra spot. Batista is likely to be the team's swing man. SP Adam Ottavino (shoulder) is coming off a shoulder injury and is unlikely to win the spot.
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Several pitchers could step up: St. Louis Cardinals SPs Miguel Batista, Ian Snell, P.J. Walters, Lance Lynn and Kyle McClellan could be asked to step into the...[+] rotation if SP Adam Wainwright (elbow) is lost for the year, according to MLB.com's Marty Noble. McClellan appears to be the favorite for the job.
• 2/23 Call to the Pen: Breaking Down the Non-Roster Invitees: St. Louis Cardinals: Obviously, Cardinals fans everywhere are spending today worrying about the health of ace Adam Wainwright's elbow. That may make...
• 2/23 Blog Red Machine: Some Interesting ThingsA couple of interesting tidbits hit my reader: Adam Wainwright and Zack Greinke....
• 2/23 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Pitching Options For The Cardinals: The Cardinals are expected to receive some bad news pretty soon, as it appears as though right-hander Adam Wainwright will miss...
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Miguel Batista heavy favorite for relief spot: St. Louis Cardinals RP Miguel Batista is a heavy favorite for the team's seventh relief spot, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach....[+] Both manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan are happy with what they have seen so far.
• 2/21 C70 At The Bat: Shifting Focus: With Albertageddon in the rearview mirror and getting farther away by the hour, the focus has finally shifted to all those that...
• 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Fielder, Pujols, Batista, Pirates: The two biggest free agents available next winter could potentially come from the NL Central - Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder....
• 2/18 StLCards.net: Meet your new Cardinals: Or not: Jim Edmonds has announced he will not report to camp because of his ongoing foot problems and is retiring. This is the first casualty...

• 1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Kyle Lohse the fifth starter: St. Louis Cardinals SP Kyle Lohse will enter Spring Training slotted as the team's No. 5 starter, behind SPs Adam Wainwright,...[+] Chris Carpenter, Jake Westbrook and Jaime Garcia, according to MLB.com's Matthew Leach. Ps Miguel Batista, Lance Lynn and P.J. Walters are candidates to be the 'sixth starter.'
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Brewers, Cardinals, Tigers, Rays: On this date in 2003, the White Sox signed Esteban Loaiza as a free agent. He went on to lead the league in strikeouts, post...
• 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/9/11 - 11/15/11: It's time to take a look back at the week that was.. The biggest surprise of the week was arguably the Yankees' signing of...
• 1/15 Blog Red Machine: Around the NL CentralStrolling through the NL Central....
• 1/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cardinals | Two sign: The St. Louis Cardinals signed free-agent Ps Miguel Batista (Nationals) and Ian Snell (Mariners) to minor league deals with invitations...[+] to Spring Training Friday, Jan. 14, according to The Sports Network.
• 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Cardinals To Sign Batista, Snell: The Cardinals have agreed on minor league deals with Miguel Batista and Ian Snell, according to the club (via Twitter).  Both...

• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Gregg, White Sox, Francis: Exactly five years ago today, the Blue Jays sent Orlando Hudson and Miguel Batista to the Diamondbacks for Troy Glaus. Hudson...

• 11/12 PaulLebowitz.com: $100 Million Is Plenty: Plenty if you're smart, aggressive and think outside the box: Stuck in the middle between the "have and spend" teams like...
• 11/11 PaulLebowitz.com: On The High End, Part II: Shifting cash; shifting priorities: Yesterday, with a scalpel and other several medieval torture devices (AKA the sharp talons...
• 11/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Me Fail English? That's Unpossible!: A free agent frenzy...of poor construction: I'm not talking about specific teams and their pursuits and acquisitions...yet....
• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Market For Right-handed Relievers: The Tigers, Blue Jays, Cubs and Twins are some of the many teams that will likely consider free agent right-handers for their...
• 11/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Four file for free agency: Washington Nationals 1B Adam Dunn, IF/OF Willie Harris, RP Miguel Batista and OF Kevin Mench filed for free agency, The Washington...[+] Post's Adam Kilgore reports.

• 10/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Flames: "Are you saying 'boo'? Or 'Boo-urns'"? The above quote----from The Simpsons when it was still funny----is attributed to Mr....
• 10/19 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Sign Mike Rizzo To Five-Year Extension: The Nationals signed GM Mike Rizzo to a five-year extension and promoted him to executive vice president of baseball operations...
• 10/18 WasWatching: The 21 Times A Starting Pitcher Excelled In A Post-Season Game Against The Yankees – But His Team Lost Anyway: Rk Player Date Series Gm# Tm Opp Rslt IP H R ER BB SO HR 1 Carl Pavano 2009-10-11 ALDS 3 MIN NYY L 1-4 7.0 5 2 2 0 9 2 2 Josh...
• 10/13 B-R Blog: Great 1-2-3 Rotation Combos In a Best-of-7 Series: Last week I posted about how often the team with the best Game 1 starter by WAR wins the Division Series (only 55%, as it turns...

• 8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Rockies Seeking Relief Help: The Rockies are looking for a reliever, tweets SI's Jon Heyman.  Colorado has mostly been subtracting lately, letting Brad Hawpe...
• 8/6 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series – Team #13: Washington Nationals: For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #13: Washington Nationals...
• 8/3 MLBTradeRumors: 25 Potentially Available Relievers: Contenders are almost always on the lookout for bullpen help after the All-Star break.  The Rays, Red Sox, Phillies, and Reds...
• 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: Waiver Trade Candidates: NL East: The current NL East situation: the Braves and Phillies are in contention, the Marlins and Mets are in the gray area, and the Nationals...

• 7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | To stay away from Miguel Batista: Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman wants to stay away from using RP Miguel Batista, who was the fill-in starter Tuesday,...[+] July 27, until Friday, July 30, according to MLB.com's Jeff Seidel.
• 7/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Undecided about starter Sunday: The Washington Nationals have not decided who will start for them Sunday, Aug. 1, in place of injured SP Stephen Strasburg (shoulder),...[+] but P Miguel Batista appears to be the leading candidate, reports Adam Kilgore, of The Washington Post.
• 7/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Me Pitch Through Pain, Me Tough: And me remarkably stupid: When word got out that Stephen Strasburg was scratched from his start for the Nationals against...
• 7/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Miguel Batista strong in emergency start: Washington Nationals RP Miguel Batista (1-2) allowed only three singles in five scoreless innings Tuesday, July 27, in a 3-0 shutout...[+] of the Atlanta Braves. Batista was making an emergency start in place of SP Stephen Strasburg (shoulder).
• 7/27 Tomahawk Take: No Strasburg, Yet Braves Still Shut Out By The Nationals 3-0: A much anti**** pitching match up ended prematurely must to the chagrin of a sell out crowd in Washington. Rookie Phenom Stephen...
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: Carrying On Baseball Jesus’s Work: With Stephen Strasburg scratched from his start, Miguel Batista and the Nationals bullpen tossed a five hit shutout of the Atlanta...
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: Tight Strasburg: Debbi Taylor on MASN just reported that Stephen Strasburg could not get lose tonight. He will have an MRI. He was a last minute...
• 7/27 Baseball Musings: Strasburg Scratched: Stephen Strasburg was scratched from tonight’s game. Something wasn’t right when he was warming up, and Miguel Batista...
• 7/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Stephen Strasburg scratched Tuesday: Washington Nationals SP Stephen Strasburg (undisclosed) was scratched from his scheduled start Tuesday, July 27, after getting...[+] injured during his pregame routine, reports The Washington Post’s Adam Kilgore. P Miguel Batista replaced Strasburg as the starting pitcher.
• 7/11 B-R Blog: Nine Innings – No Runs – Both Pitchers: Yesterday, Roy Halladay and Travis Wood met up in quite pitching duel. Halladay threw nine shutout innings allowing only 5 hits...

• 6/15 B-R Blog: RESULTS: Stat Challenge Week 3: Click through for the results. Answers: Question 1: What game score will Stephen Strasburg earn in his major league debut? 75 Question...

• 5/27 Baseball Musings: Strasburg to Face Pirates: All the Washington fans buying tickets to the Cincinnati series should read this: The Pittsburgh Pirates might get the first shot...
• 5/27 Baseball Musings: Strasburg to Face Pirates: All the Washington fans buying tickets to the Cincinnati series should read this: The Pittsburgh Pirates might get the first shot...
• 5/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Miguel Batista could receive spot start: Washington Nationals manager Jim Riggleman said RP Miguel Batista may make a spot start against the San Diego Padres Saturday,...[+] May 29, according to MLB.com's Bill Ladson. The team could also make a roster move and recall a pitcher from the minor leagues, although it's doubtful the club would promote SP Stephen Strasburg before the month of June.
• 5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | David Hernandez earns win Friday: Baltimore Orioles SP David Hernandez (1-5) allowed one run on one hit over 5 1/3 innings Friday, May 21, in a victory against...[+] the Washington Nationals, according to The Associated Press. He walked five and struck out three. It was Hernandez's first win since Aug. 11, 2009 - a span of 17 starts, in which he posted an 0-11 record. Hernandez had a no-hitter through 4 2/3 innings, which was broken up by a single from RP Miguel Batista, who had gone 0-for-22 since his last hit Aug. 9, 2006.
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Amazin’ Mets amazin’ fall from first place to last place: Check out the Mets' last 19 games: Gm# Date Tm Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak 20 Tuesday,...
• 5/11 Baseball Daily Digest: Around The Bases – Week 6: Six weeks into the season and there have been more than a few developments that have caught my attention… The Washington...
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Miguel Batista picks up save: Washington Nationals RP Miguel Batista picked up the save Monday, May 10, when CL Matt Capps and RP Tyler Clippard were unavailable,...[+] The Associated Press reports.
• 5/10 B-R Blog: Inherited Runners Scoring %: Or: Why You Shouldn't Get Too Excited About Tyler Clippard Here are the 30 pitchers so far this season to inherit at least 5 runners...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | John Lannan to miss next start: Washington Nationals SP John Lannan (elbow) will miss his next start after discomfort in his elbow has continued, according to...[+] The Washington Post's Gene Wang. Lannan is 1-2 with a 6.34 ERA and has allowed 45 hits and 18 walks in 32 2/3 innings. 'I think he can throw his fastball anytime he wants it, but I think his other pitches, he just feels a little something in there that he doesn't release the ball with the same confidence that he does his fastball,' manager Jim Riggleman said. 'He's just not sharp.' RP Miguel Batista could take Lannan's spot in the rotation.

• 4/25 B-R Blog: Plate appearances by relievers: Wow, there have already been 37 plate appearances by relief pitchers so far this season: Rk Player Date Tm Opp Rslt PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO 1 Micah...
• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Miguel Batista suffers loss Saturday: Washington Nationals RP Miguel Batista (0-2) was tagged with the loss Saturday, April 24, against the Los Angeles Dodgers, according...[+] to The Associated Press. He allowed one run on three hits over three innings, with one walk and one strikeout.